Hi,
I have been using spyware blaster, Spybot and Ad aware together for at least the past year and I somehow managed to get infected with the "inqwire" ware. From I found on google,I believe
Google showed there are also more threats related or may originated form "inqwire": "empnads"
These threats open new search windows using their search pages when browsing in internet explorer(not sure about the other web browsers). I read about even more items being produced from these 2, with systems that had many spyware/ad blocking programs installed.
Im not by any means a security newbie so please take into consideration I have run Adaware,Spybot,Spyware balster,Outpost firewall spyware scanner and Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta). All with latest updates to no avail. I also ran high jack this and it found nothing.
Like I said before,I googled these 2 adwares and found many posts but no confirmed fix.
I also run Nod32,Outpost firewall,hardware router and google toolbar. None of these can even find anything.
Im posting here in hopes someone can find a fix for this as Im not sure were else to turn( i submitted info to Lavasoft and adware but seemed to be ignored).
Thanks.